Olivier Patience (born 25 March 1980) is a former French professional tennis player. His career high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles ranking was world no. 87, on 19 July 2004. During 2006, Patience won three ATP Challenger Series tournaments. He reached the third round at the 2004 Australian Open and 2007 French Open. In the latter, he defeated Jonathan Eysseric in the first round in four sets, and then Mariano Zabaleta, 7–5, 6–3, 3–6, 2–6, 6–4, eventually losing to Novak Djokovic in five sets, 6–7, 6–2, 6–3, 6–7, 3–6.

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Olivier Patience

Country (sports)	France
Residence	Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Born	(1980-03-25) 25 March 1980 (age 42) Évreux, France
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	1998
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$874,075
Singles
Career record	26–53 (at ATP Tour-level, Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 87 (19 July 2004)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2004)
French Open	3R (2007)
Wimbledon	1R (2004)
US Open	1R (2004, 2006)
Doubles
Career record	5–19 (at ATP Tour-level, Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 206 (24 July 2000)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2007)
French Open	2R (2000, 2008)

Singles titles

Wins (10)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	13 May 2002	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Todd Larkham	4–6, 7–5, 6–3
2.	18 August 2003	Manerbio, Italy	Clay	Martín Vassallo Argüello	3–6, 6–3, 7–63
3.	21 March 2005	Saint-Brieuc, France	Clay	Victor Ioniţă	6–0, 6–2
4.	25 April 2005	Rome, Italy	Clay	Florent Serra	7–64, 7–5
5.	26 December 2005	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Julien Benneteau	2–6, 6–4, 7–65
6.	15 May 2006	San Remo, Italy	Clay	Stefano Galvani	6–2, 4–6, 7–68
7.	12 June 2006	Lugano, Switzerland	Clay	Guillermo García López	6–4, 6–1
8.	26 June 2006	Reggio Emilia, Italy	Clay	Sergio Roitman	6–4, 5–7, 6–2
9.	25 June 2007	Reggio Emilia, Italy	Clay	Félix Mantilla	66–7, 6–1, 7–66
10.	2 September 2008	Cherkasy, Ukraine	Clay	Denis Istomin	6–2, 6–0

Runners-up (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	19 March 2007	Rabat, Morocco	Clay	Stefano Galvani	6–1, 6–1
2.	4 September 2007	Braşov, Romania	Clay	Máximo González	6–4, 6–3
3.	6 October 2008	Florianópolis, Brazil	Clay	Nicolás Massú	46–7, 6–2, 6–1

Doubles titles

Wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent	Score
1.	18 April 2005	Monza, Italy	Clay	Nicolas Devilder	Massimo Bertolini Uros Vico	7–5, 6–4

External links

• Olivier Patience at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Olivier Patience at the International Tennis Federation
• Patience World Ranking History

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